Swallow The Sun is back just in time for the colder weather to slowly creep in! Swallow The Sun will release their new record Shining on October 18 and is now streaming the new single "What I Have Become" right now.
"'What I Have Become' is about that moment when you look yourself deep in the eye from the mirror and your own eyes start to tell what your soul has become instead of what you always wanted it to be," said Swallow The Sun guitarist and keyboardist Juha Raivio. "The hardest thing is to forgive yourself and break that circle."
Shining is produced and mixed by Dan Lancaster (Bring Me the Horizon, Muse, Enter Shikari, etc.), mastered by Tony Lindgren (Fascination Street Studios), and recorded by Swallow The Sun guitarist Juho Räihä at SoundSpiral Audio, except vocals recorded by Dan Lancaster. The album also features the previously-released single "Innocence Was Long Forgotten".
"After our last album, it soon became clear to me that writing another Moonflowers album would kill me," said Raivio. "So, I made a quiet wish to myself that if there ever will be any new music then please have a little bit of mercy on yourself rather than be that infinite black hole that will suck out the rest of your remaining light and soul just for the sake of it.
"Musically this album shines like a glacier diamond and has that power and punch that feels like a kick in your face! While lyrically the album deals with how fearing life will eventually kill you and how melancholy can become your God.
"We want to thank all the support and trust from Century Media, not to mention our insanely talented producer Dan Lancaster having the balls and guts to jump straight in the deep end with this band and get us out of our comfort zone. This album truly feels like a sunrise in the night sky”.
